Hi! I'm so sorry to be asking such a similar question, but I just wanted to see what you had to say about my specific situation. I am a 21 year old, full-time college student, with a part-time job. I live at home with my parents, they pay my phone bill, and I am still on their insurance. However, I support myself entirely when it comes to food, clothing, medical bills (aside from insurance), transportation expenses, and my entire schooling. Therefore, I believe that I provide more than 50% of my own support. Before I filed my taxes in February of 2020 (which have already been accepted and paid back to me), I spoke with my parents about me filing as an independent. They agreed, but now that my father is filing his taxes he sees that he can 'maximize his return' by filing me as a dependent. I'm assuming this has to do with the AOC and the Lifetime Learning Credit, and/or normal dependent returns. Either way, our conversation has flown out the window and I now worry I am going to receive an audit for filing as an independent but being claimed as a dependent on another return. When I filed, I did not say that I could be claimed as a dependent, due to me supporting over 50% of my expenses. Did I make a mistake? What should I expect after he files his return? Will we both be audited?
